Shanghai Masters

At the Shanghai Masters, third seed David Ferrer came from a set down on Saturday to defeat fellow Spaniard, while British Andy Murrey easily passed Japanese Kei Nishikori. From Shanghai, Yunfeng reports.

 
On central court, David Ferrer had a lovely victory¹. Apparently² he was more eager to win the game as he started powerfully³ giving good serves and returned serve quite well.

Although having a sluggish⁴ beginning, Feliciano Lopez answered Ferrer with excellent serves. The two went to tie break into he first set, with Lopez being a little bit luckier to win.

But the Valencia resident⁵ didn't give any more chance to the No. 28-ranked Lopez as he defeated the left-hander in two hours and 11 minutes. The final score 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.

In his previous two matches the Spaniard beat Juan Carlos Ferrero and edged⁶ Andy Roddick. Ferrer good performances this week have earned him the fifth spot at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London next month.

In another semifinal game, Andy Murray overpowered Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-0 in under an hour.

Murray is meeting David Ferrer in the Shanghai Masters final.

"Yeah, I've played some great tennis the last few weeks but I'd love to finish it off tomorrow. It's going to be very tough, David's had a very good tournament⁷, beat some top players, so I'm going to have to play a great match to beat him."

Murray has beaten Ferrer twice this year. One in last week's semifinals of the Japan Open in Tokyo and the other in the semifinals of the Australian Open in January.

The fourth-ranked Murray has now won 24 of his last 25 matches and is vying⁸ to win his third tournament in as many weeks.

For CRI this is Yunfeng.

1 victory   

n.胜利，成功

参考例句：

• Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待，胜利永远不会到来。
• It can't be questioned that we will win the final victory.我们将最终取得胜利，这是确定无疑的。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 powerfully   

adv.强大地，强烈地；有效地

参考例句：

• Never before had he felt himself so powerfully attracted to the idea. 他从没有像现在这样热衷于这个想法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt himself so powerfully attracted to the scientific ideal. 他感到自己被这一科学理想十分强烈地吸引住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

5 resident   

a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的

参考例句：

• I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
• They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。

6 edged   

adj.有…边的，刀口…的；锋利的；微醉的v.“edge”的过去时和过去分词

参考例句：

• the double-edged quality of life in a small town—security and boredom 小城镇生活的双重性—安全但乏味
• the movie's hard-edged realism 那部电影的逼真的现实主义

7 tournament   

n.比赛，竞赛，锦标赛

参考例句：

• He was the best boxer in the tournament.他是本届联赛的最佳拳手。
• The Council resolved that the next tournament should be held in Shanghai.理事会决定下次比赛在上海举行。

8 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。